Claverley

Other current and historical names

Claverlege

Built-Up Area: Claverley
Parish/Community: Claverley
Unitary Authority: Shropshire
Region: West Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°32'16"N 2°18'23"W
Eastings/Northings: 379300, 293387
OS Grid: SO793933
Mapcode Local: GBR 08F.ZLK
Mapcode Global: VH910.YGYQ

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Claverley within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Claverley in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Claverley, par., S. Shropshire, 5 miles E. of Bridgnorth, 8143 ac., pop. 1700; P.O.

Claverley in the Domesday Book

A village in Seisdon hundred, in the county of Shropshire.

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Earl Algar
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Earl Roger of Shrewsbury
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Earl Roger of Shrewsbury
- Taxable Value: 20 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £7 10/- in 1066; £10 in 1086
- Households: 32 villagers; 13 smallholders
- Plough Teams: 5 lord's ploughs; 23 men's ploughs (32 plough lands)
- Meadow: 12 acres
- Woodland: 2 leagues
- Mills: 1, value 5 shillings

British Place Names

Claverley, Shropshire

Claverley is a village in Shropshire

Claverley in historic gazetteers

Claverley in the Domesday Book